Dog donates blood to save another pet's life

In a life saving incident, a dog named Leo donated blood to another dog named Jimmy, who was ill for a month and was in dire need of it.

Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh): A dog is a man's best friend, but in this case, 'Leo', a german shepherd, raised the bar for other domesticated animals as he donated blood to a fellow dog in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur.

The whole procedure of a dog donating blood to the other was carried out under the supervision of two private veterinarians.

Vandana Jatav, a resident of Ronsara village has a six-year-old German Shepherd 'Jimmy', who was anaemic and ill for months. After check-up, the doctors advised Vandana to get blood from a donor.

One Mahendra Pratap Singh, who lived in a nearby village got the news and reached the clinic with his German Shepherd 'Leo' to donate the blood.

Dr Sanjay Manjhi, a doctor of the Animal funds Sanjeevani Center, informed that after blood donation, both the donor and recipient were healthy.

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